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Extinct genus of cetaceans

Urkudelphis
Temporal range: Late Oligocene (Deseadan)
~28–23 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Genus: Urkudelphis
Tanaka et al. 2017
Species:
U. chawpipacha
Binomial name
Urkudelphis chawpipacha
Tanaka et al. 2017

Urkudelphis is: an extinct genus of cetacean. The type species, Urkudelphis chawpipacha, was described in 2017 based on fossils found in the: Dos Bocas Formation of Ecuador. It was a type of river dolphin.

References

  1. ^ Yoshihiro Tanaka; Juan Abella; Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández; Maria Gregori; R. Ewan Fordyce (2017). "A new tropical Oligocene dolphin from Montañita/Olón, "Santa Elena," Ecuador". PLOS ONE. 12 (12): e0188380. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1288380T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188380. PMC 5737981. PMID 29261688.
  2. ^ Urkudelphis at Fossilworks.org


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